Battery hand-lamp.



C. F. BURGEYSS. BATTERY HAND LAMP.' APPLICATION FILED SEPT l5. 19| l.

15,299,909e Patent@ Apr. 19m.

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-CHRLES F. BURGESS, 0F MADISON', WISGONSI, ASSIG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, e

T0 BURGESS BATTERY COMPANY, OF MAEISON, WSCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF Wrsconsnr.

BATTERY HAND-LAMP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

@riginal application lczlMarch i, 3,2316, Serial No. 81,301. Divided ana this applicati-Zen filed September 15,

1917. Serial No. 191,549. v

To all 'wrmt t may concer/rt.'

Be it known that 1,' (l1-munies F. BURoEss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, county of Dane, State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Batteryv Hand-Lamps, (division of Serial No. 81,3017 tiled March 1, 1916;) and .l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to battery hand lamps of a type adapted for carrying in the pocket and provided with a miniature i lamp to which current may be delivered from a battery inclosed in the casing ol the device.

lt is an object of the present invention to provide means of the general character disclosed in' my Patent No. 1,084,926, issued January 20, 1914, for protecting the lamp against accidentallighting, by so inclosing certain parts oi the electrical connections that accidental Contact across the exposed metal parts of the device will not be effective to light the lamp.

By making a certain part of insulating material and by suitably arranging it in the end of the casing, it can' serve the function of supporting certain of the conductive elements, notably the lamp reflector, and Will keep these elements out of contact with other metal parts through whichv current might otherwise how to accidentally light the lamp.

For. a more complete understanding of these and other objiects and advantages of the invention, reference is made to the following description, which is to be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein- ,Figure 1 vis a sectional elevation of a tubular hand lamp; l

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2; and. l

Fig. 3 is a similar section on the line 3 3'.

1n the embodiment illustrated. a pair of battery cells 1 and 2, or other suitable number, arearranged 'end toend in usual man ner within a pasteboard tube 3. interposed between the cells is a parafiined Washer 4 which serves to protect the lower cell in ease of failure of its seal and leakage of its electrolyte, andl in case through accident the central or carbon electrode of the cell is it'orced down through the sealing material so that except for the Washer the cell would be short-circuited through the zinc of the cell immediately above.

The battery 'housed in a casing 5, here illustrated as comprising a tube of insulating material, preferably fiber, reinforced at its rear or bottom end with a threaded metal collar 6 to which is detachably secured an end cap provided with a spiral spring 8 which bears against the naked bottom of the lowermost cell of the battery to establish electrical connection therewith.

The other end of the tubular casing` is reinforced with an exposed metal collar 9 having a screw thread pressed therein for engagement with a flaring collar 10. The latter, together with a flanged member 11, serves to hold lens 12 and reflector 13 to their seats. f

VVit-hin the front end of the tubular bat'- tery casing of the preferred embodiment illustrated by the drawing is a bumper block 14 consisting of insulating material and preferably having its front edge shaped to `form a flange 15 Which overlaps the end of the casing. Refiector 13 is seated in the recessed front .face of the bumper block llt-and has its outer edge insulated from the adjacent metal parts 10 and l1 by means of a fiber ring 16 provided with an outwardly eX tending flange which lies over the outer edge of collar 10 and forms a seat against which the edges of the reflector and of the lens may be clamped.

An incandescent lamp 17 is threaded into ist a tubular extension of' the metal relector and has its base projecting down into an enlarged recess in the bumper block where Athe central terminal of the lamp may engage a spring 18 bctweenthe lamp and the central or carbon terminal of the topmost /battery cell. Spring 18 preferably consists of a strip lof metal shaped to approximate the form oi the letter S and having its top and bottom faces'roughened as at 19 (Fig. 3) to insure good electrical contact with the battery terminal and with the lamp -terminal.

As a means for preventing accidental displacement of the spring 18, while permitting some movement and adjustment thereof lWithin the bumper block, there is provided l in iurious effect on the housingi'mav bc inner leg23 arranged 60 .bumper block.

a metal thimble 2O fitted in to the enlarged recess of the bumper block and provided with a flange serving as'a': guard to lprevent .accidental escape of spring 18. 1

lVith the parts assembledgras above described, the battery is held against the bumper block by the coiled spring 8 and the spring 18 establishes electrical connection to the. lamp but limits the pressure to which 10 the base of the lamp is subjected. If the derice is dropped7 the battery can oscillate in the casing without subjecting the lamp to destructive impact, and. similarly. too 'tight adjustment. of the bottom cap 'l' is without lamp and cannot crush the upper carbon elect-rode through its sealing/niaterial and into the battery cell 1. As a means for establishing electrical con nection from the bottom of the battery to 20 the lamp, I makeuse of a conductor 21 contactingwith the -metal collar 6 and, therefore, connected with .spring 8. This` conductor 21 is riveted to a housing 22 mounted near the middle of the tubular casing. The

provided with a sliding coutact device of the type disclosed and claimed in the patent to Maisel.-No. 1.082.897. issued "December 30, 1913, and comprising a U- shaped strip of resilient metal having its to slide along the outer face of the liber tube into and out of contact with a big 24. Other well known deices of proper construction may. ol course.

be used 'for completing the lconnection between conductor 21 and lug ist. This lug Q4 may consist ot the clenched end ot a metal strip 25 which extends along the side ot the insulating tube between it and the bumper block 14 and has its front connection therewith. p

lith this arrangement ol circuits the.

outer terminal of lamp 17 is electriealliY connected with relcctor 13 and conductor 25.

but normally is insulated ,trom all other parts ot the device and particularly is insulated trom all exposed metal parts. and consetpientllr an accidental lighting ol the lamp by bridging its exposed metal parts is not possible.

dropped in carelessly, they cannot strike a hard blow against the lamp base but will be stopped by the bumper block lftagainst which the battery container bears when the central electrode enters the recess in the Other parts ot this structure are also easil)Y accessible. for by unscrewing the lens holder. the lens and the reflector and its lamp may be taken ont. and then by bending up the hooked end Q6 of the eonductor 25, the impact block and its spring 1R -flaring collar.

end 26 lyingv 40 against retlector 13 to estalilish electrical .sulating means may be withdrawn through the front end ot the casing. I'c1aim:-

1. In a hand lamp, the combination of an insulating tube of fiber, a battery' therein, a metal collar reinforcing the rear end ot said tube, a cap secured to said coll'ar and closing the rear end of said tube, said cap being removable battery through said rear end, a spring carried by said cap and engaging the bottom of said battery and establishing electrical connection therewith and with said cap, a lamp connected to the other end of said battery, a reflector into which said lamp is threaded, said reflector receivii'ig support trom below, a flaring metal collar at the t'ront end ot said fibertube, a. lens for said lamp. a holder for said lens threaded to said a conductor connected with said reflector and insulated from said flaring collar 4and from said lens holder, a housing on said fiber tube beneath which said conductor terminates, and thumb-controlled means t'or electrically connecting'said conductor with said end cap when the lamp is to be lighted.

2. In a hand lamp, the combination of an insulating tube ol fiber, a battentrv therein', a threaded metal collar reinforcing the `rear end of said tube. a cap threaded to said collar and closing the rear end of said tube, said cap being removable to permit removal ofthe battery through said rear end, a spring-carlied by said cap and engaging the bottoni of said battery and establishing electrical connection therewith and with said cap. a lamp connected to the other end of said battery. a rellecto'r to which said lamp is threaded, in-

supporting said reflector from below. a threaded metal collar reinforcing the front end of said tube. a flaring metal collar threaded to said reinforcing collar and also haring threads at its front end. the edge of the reflector being. out dt.

electrical engagement with said threaded i'ront end. a lens tor said lamp. a holder tor said lens threaded to said flaring collar. a conduct or connected with said reflector and insulated 't'rom said flaring collar and from said lens holder. and conductive means coptrollable trom approximatelx7 the center of -said liber tube tor electricalhY connecting said conductor with the bottomend cap when the lamp is to be lighted.

ln a` hand lamp, the combination of an insulating tube ol fiber, a batter)T therein. a threaded metal collar rein Forcing the rear end ol' said tube. a cap threadcdjo said collar and closing the rear end ot said tube. said cap being reumi'able to permit removal of the batterr through said rear end. a spring carried by said cap and engaging the bottom ot' said battery and establishing electrical connection therewith and with said cup, a

to permit removal of the 

